Security

Fraud Alert

Fraud Alert

Placing a Fraud Alert on your credit record indicates to anyone requesting your credit
file that you suspect you may be a victim of fraud. When an attempt is made to open
a new credit account or make a change to an existing account, the lender will take
additional steps to verify that you actually authorized the request. If the lender
cannot verify the request, it could be denied.

Activating Fraud Alert

Each of the three credit services offers a free 90-day fraud alert service. Once you
register with one agency, the other two will automatically be alerted.

Here are links to information for activating the free initial fraud alert protection
for each agency: